Fly-net



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J, P. SMITHS.

FLY NET.

. Patented Nov. 1,1881.

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JAMES F. SMITHS, OF ZIONSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

FLY- N ET.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 249,112, dated November 1, 1881,

Application filed August 26,1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES F. Strains, of Zionsville, Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fly- Nets for Horses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of flynets shown and described in Letters Patent No. 237,622, which were granted to me February 8,1881; and it consists of lashing the straps of leather together in such manner that each lash passes through two holes in each strap and twice across the face of each strap under a loop formed of the lash, which reaches from hole to hole and parallel with the length of the straps, whereby the net is made more durable and to present a nicer appearance than heretofore.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Figure 1 is a face view of a portion of netting, showing my improved manner of lashing; and Fig. 2 is a view showing the appearance of the back of the net.

The lashes B, which lie the straps or ribs of leatherAtogether, are passed through the holes a a of the straps or ribs, so as to form the bends b b, which pass from the back of the straps around the edges thereof, and across the faces of the straps in opposite directions, and so.as to form the loops d, which reach from hole to hole over the bends b b, as shown. This manner of lashing the straps may be accomplished in several ways. The method I prefer, how- (No model.)

across the face of the strap to form the loop d; then pass it around the lower edge of the strap, and then through one of the holes a from the back of the strap to the face; then over that portion of the lash d which was laid across the face of the strap, and then through the other hole from face to back 5 then over the upper edge of the strap, and thence, finally, down through or under the loop at.

Instead of beginning with the middle rib of the net, the tying may begin with the side ribs or straps, in which case thelast-described method should be followed throughout.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent In a fiy-net for horses, the combination, with the leather straps A, of the lashes B, each passing through two holes, a a, of each strap, to

form the bends b, and thence around the edgesin opposite directions across the face of the strap, to form the loops d, extending from hole to hole, as described.

JAMES F. SMITHS.

Witnesses:

GHs. H. APPEL, ISAAC MERKEL. 

